Comparative collections

Section of Invertebrate Systematics

1.Collection of parasites and commensals of invertebrates (fishes, crustaceouses and mollusca, 7 phyla, 9 classes, 12 orders): types of 9 taxa.
Curator Dr. Boshko Е.G.

Section of Systematics of Entomophagous Insects and Fundamentals of Biocontrol

2. Collection of entomophagous insects of the pests of fruit and berry cultural plants (5 orders, ca/ 50 families, 160 genera and 230 species)

Curator S. V. Sviridov.

3. Collection of the pests of fruit cultural plants (Insecta: Lepidoptera, 12 families, 36 species; Coleoptera, 10 families, 40 species, Orthoptera, 1 family, 1 species)

Curator S. V. Sviridov

Section of General and Applied Entomology

4. Collection of the bee nests of the superfamily Apoidea (273 specimens)

Curator Z. S. Gershenzon

5. Collection of preimaginal stages of terrestrial bugs (Heteroptera). 17 families, 216 genera, 396 species.

Curator P. V. Puchkov

6. Collection of preimaginal stages of moths (Lepidoptera Noctuoidea, Bombycoidea). 7 families, 72 genera, 112 species.

Curator I. V. Dolinskaya

Section of Scientific Collections

7. Collection of preimaginal stages of click beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae). 78 genera, 400 species, over 4000 specimens.

Curators A. V. Puchkov & L. S. Cherney.

8. Collection of preimaginal stages of tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae). 24 genera, near 90 species.

Curator A. V. Puchkov.

9. Collection of preimaginal stages of carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae). 50 genera, near 150 species.

Curator A. V. Puchkov.

10. Collection of preimaginal stages of black beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). 40 genera, 65 species.

Curator L. S. Cherney.

11. Comparative collections of some insects (Heteroptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera) of agrocenoses of Ukraine

Curator A. V. Puchkov.

Section of Acarology

12. Collection of the bat ectoparasites (Acarina; Siphonaptera; Diptera).

Curator Kolodochka L.O.

13. Collection of acari of lungs of the some birds (Aves, Rhinonyssidae)

Curator – Zabludovskaya S.O.

Section of Evolutionary and Genetic Principles of Systematics

14. Amphibian collection (2 orders, 2 families, 2566 specimens, incl. Salamandridae: 65 specimens of Triturus spp. and Ranidae: 2501 specimen of the Rana esculenta complex of hybridizing species).

Curator – S. Yu. Morozov-Leonov.

15. Ukrainian Fish Faunistic Collection (2 classes, 11 orders, 20 families, 49 genera and 59 species).

Curator – A. O. Tsyba.

16. Collection of Genetically Marked Fishes of the Genus Cobitis (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae). 905 specimens of Сobitis elongatoides C. taenia, C. tanaitica and various hybrids of them passed through electrophoretic studies.

Curator L. I. Pavlenko.

17. Collection of Genetically Marked Mice of the Genera Mus, Alsomys, Apodemus, Sylvaemus, Micromys, Rattus. 2203 genetically marked skulls.

Curator – O. I. Lashkova.

18. Collection of Genetically Marked Shads of the Genus Alosa. 23 genetically marked fishes in alcohol.

Curator – L. V. Fedorenko.

19. Collection of Genetically Marked shells of Mollusca of the genera Anadontа and Viviparus

Curator – Mesherin S.V.

Histological (Н) and Anatomical and Morphological (M) Collections: Section of Evolutionary Morphology

Total 10 collections of 5 classes , near 10 000 units of keeping. Main of them are:

Collections of Radiographs, histological and other Preparations of Skeleton, muscle’s nerves, sculls, skins and some other Organs and Tissues in Various Classes of Vertebrates

Curators – Kovtun M.F., Osynskyi L.P., Shatkovsraya O.V., Klykov V.I., Zhookova N.F., Koval O.P., Yarigin O., Drobotun O.V., Sheverdyukova A.V.

Section of Fauna Monitoring and Conservation

1. Collection of bones and preparations of fishes.

Curator – Kutzokon Yu.K.

Section of Cytology and Histogenesis

Total 17 collections of 7 phyles, near 30 000 units of keeping. Main of them are:

1. Samples of organs and Tissue of Terrestrial Vertebrates.

2. Histological Preparations of Anlages and Bones of Skeleton of Several Organs and Tissues in Various Classes of Vertebrates.

3. Histochemical Preparations of Anlages and Bones of Skeleton of Several Organs and Tissues in Various Classes of Vertebrates.

4. Collection of Histoauthographs in Various Classes of Vertebrates.

5. Collection of Smear Slides in Various Classes of Vertebrates.

6. Collection of Preparations of Tissue Cultures in Various Classes of Vertebrates (in Petri Dishes and on Slides).

7. Photonegatives (Films, Slides) of Tissue Samples in Various Classes of Vertebrates.

Curators – Rodionova N.V., Zhitnikov A.Y., Akulenko N.M., Nitzevich T.N., Zolotova, Sudakova А.І., Mikhajlovskaya T.V., Bogdanovich L.V.

Section of Acarology

1. Histological and Anatomic Preparations of Digestive and Reproductive Systems of Acariformes and Parasitiformes Mites.

Curators I. A. Akimov and I. V. Badanin.

Section of General and Applied Entomology

1. Collection of Smear Slides of Haemolymph of Insects Collected in the 30 km Zone of Alienation of The Chernobyl Atomic Power Station and Allied Territories (~ 1400 slides)

Curator – Korneev V.A.

Section of Ethology and Insect Sociobiology

1. Comparative Collection of Mollusk Shells Collected in the 30 km Zone of Alienation of The Chernobyl Atomic Power Station and other territories of Ukraine, Russia and Europe (~ 2000 samples). Molluscs were collected in 1986-1999 in the 30-km zone of the disaster, throughout the territory of the Ukraine and in the regions of some other countries suffering from radioactive precipitation, including some from western European countries. Over 1700 samples were analysed. Molluscs were identified to the generic level (no intrageneric variability in accumulation was noted). Samples were divided in generic subsamples; shells were pounded and stored in dry glass vials. The database provides site and date of collection, generic names, and specific beta-activity of strontium90 above potassium-40 natural background. Same samples can be used for monitoring of heavy metals and rare earths.

Curator L. I. Frantsevich

I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 2004-2009